Krauss-Maffei ML 500 C

Krauss-Maffei ML 500 C
Number(s):	DB V 50 001 – 002
Quantity:	56
Manufacturer:	Krauss-Maffei
Year(s) of manufacture:	1954–1966
Axle arrangement:	C
Gauge:	1,435 mm
Length over buffers:	8,400 mm
Height:	4,190 mm
Width:	3,100 mm
Overall wheelbase:	3,000 mm
Service weight:	48–54 T
Axle load:	16–18 t
Top speed:	29 / 58 km/h
Installed power:	368 kW (500 PS)
Driving wheel diameter:	1,100 mm
Motor make/model:	MB 836 Bb
Motor type:	6 cylinder, 4 stroke, in-line engine with waste gas supercharger (Abgas-Aufladung)
Nominal rpm:	1,500 U/min
Power transmission:	hydraulic
Tank capacity:	1,300 l
Locomotive brakes:	Compressed air

The Krauss-Maffei ML 500 C industrial and works locomotive was built between 1954 and 1966 by Krauss-Maffei.

When the Wilhelmsburg Industrial Railway (Wilhelmsburger Industriebahn) was taken in 1962 two units ended up in the Deutsche Bundesbahn fleet and were incorporated in it as DB Class V 50. Because there were sufficient Class V 60 locomotives available at that time, the two 'loners' were sold in 1964.

No. V 50 001 joined the Verden-Walsrode Railway Company, which re-sold it in 1983 to the track construction firm of NEWAG. In 1995 it was bought by the Scheufelen Oberlenningen paper factory. In 2003 the Württemberg Private Railway Museum at Nürtingen (WPN) took over the former works engine. It is now stationed at Neuffen and is operated by the Railway Vehicle Preservation Company (Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung von Schienenfahrzeugen) or GES.

See also

• Deutsche Bundesbahn
• List of DB locomotives and railbuses

External links

• The Class ML 500 C at rangierdiesel.de
• There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany